All about Michael Crichton

[Mara]

We lost a great man, almost a year ago now, but we can still appreciate his novels and all his other projects.

I think my favorite of all his books would be Timeline. I think it's just because I love medieval things. And, well, time travel is cool, too.

Plus, I'm really looking forward to Pirate Latitudes, which comes up this December; it's the last book he finished before passing.



Any other fans out there?

[Ä©ε]

YESSSSS!!!!!!!!

My favorite book was jurassic Park...I liked it even before the Movie came out though so i was like "Oooahhh There makin' a movie!" Still like the book better though.

Andromeda Strain was also pretty cool....

[Mara]

Yeah, Jurassic Park is a great book, too, and I loved the Andromeda Strain.

State of Fear is another one of my favorites.

[Jace]

MICHAEL CRICHTON IS MY BOI!

I have read every one of his books. Timeline is definitely the best IMO but Jurassic Park is close second.

Andromeda strain was great so was Airframe and Prey. I wasn't too into State of Fear, it was different from his usual stuff so maybe thats why I was a little thrown off

[Mara]

I have read them all (well, all the fiction anyway), plus I own them all.

I think I liked State of Fear mostly because of how he disses on global warming, haha.

[Nightender]

I loved Next. That was a fantastic book about genetic research in our time. The dedication page said it all: "The following is a work of fiction. Except for the parts that aren't."

[Mara]

Yeah, that was awesome. I think Next is probably my second favorite after State of Fear and Jurassic Park.


And an update: I did read his latest/last one, Pirate Latitudes. It was a great adventure novel. Not his best but definitely up there.

[soulpelt]

Jurrassic Park was awesome, I read it AFTER the movie. It was surprised by the old mans death. Eaten alive by Compies.....ouch. X.X

[Mara]

Haha, yeah. And, me too. I discovered the book (and the rest of Crichton's work) afterwards.
Which is why I hate the Lost World movie very much. The book is so much better.

[kimboy]

Yeah, Jurassic Park is a great book, too, and I loved the Andromeda Strain.

State of Fear is another one of my favorites.

[Charlie Sharper]

Sphere was my favorite, but in a close second was Jurassic Park. We still miss you Michael!

[Mara]

I just finished Micro, his "last" book, this morning.

It took be a while to decide whether to read it, since it was unfinished another author, Richard Preston, finished it up.

But I eventually did. And while I would never say it's his best, nor one of my favorites, it's still a good read, a good adventure/thrill.

[A®heim]

The Wildfire Facility in The Andromeda Strain was my inspiration for the Project Familiar facility, though I think Jurassic Park was my favorite book/movie. The Great Train Robbery made a nice movie too, just saw it last night.